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solicit

[suh-lis-it] / səˈlɪs ɪt /


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Chandrasekaran said he doesn’t solicit donations for Raman, and has no official role on her campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

FlightAware has claimed Kalshi continues to solicit bets using its data and repeatedly invokes the FlightAware mark, which is why it is seeking a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

AFP does not solicit testimonies from unaccompanied minors nor identify them, under its ethical code.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

But it's rarer for police department-produced podcasts to focus on cold cases and solicit tips, as the California, Colorado and Illinois departments have done.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

They tried the sentence again, reading together out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.’”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Chen solicits assistance from a hacker who owes him a favor, and from his own personal assistant, Jin, whose interest in her unmarried boss’s well-being is touchingly personal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Every business seems to have a fund; every social media channel solicits daily.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2024

To pay for it all — including medical care and professional training for the dogs — Favor constantly solicits donations on GoFundMe and Instagram, where he has built up more than 180,000 followers.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

The board solicits checks online, but it’s not clear whether donors are vetted.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024

Hd Haldimand solicits good offices of, 111; entertainment given by, 224; personal relations with Haldimand, 313.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

From February 2022 until they were arrested on Monday, Love and Chan solicited money from women in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho through lies and misrepresentations, according to the United States Attorney’s Office in Portland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Alison Green solicited reader anecdotes about how their dogs-at-work policies have played out and considers the issue from all angles.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

A few months later, records show, Socolow solicited feedback from another member of BP’s management.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

A memo summarizing Bard’s probe earlier this year found that Botstein solicited donations from Epstein and visited his island in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Among those asking about it were people Burry had solicited for Milton’s Opus—people who had initially expressed great interest.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"The sale of stolen goods, or soliciting them, is strictly prohibited on Vinted, and we have zero tolerance for it," a spokesperson for the company said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

All the while, De Anda was soliciting donations from the public to run her rescue and continued to take in animals that she could not care for, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Although dissents aren’t rare, Fed chairmen have often sought to project leadership by soliciting consensus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

California bans non-attorneys from directly soliciting or procuring clients to sign up for lawsuits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

No one noticed; they worked for a public radio station, in the fund-raising department, and were surrounded by people who spent all day on the phone, soliciting pledges.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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